d awkward wedding

n imagined

ely nothing-had pre

iers cast a dreamy glow over the sea of elegantly dressed guests. The Blackwoods had spared no expen

ooked like he was a

nergy in blatant waves. He had barely glanced in her direction since walking out on the kiss. If it weren't for the hun

at she

told herself as she delica

oward her as he said in a voice that was pitched just low enou

iliated me in front of half of New York's elite?" She sm

her a look that said he

ed at Nate who was brooding into his whiskey glass like it had personally offended him. "I mean, sure, it's a

s she felt the weight of a h

est tragedy of his life," she muttere

ightly at that. "That's

my problem,"

truth was that she was legally bound to a man who hated

le, Bill Blackwood had finally ha

low but filled with barely controlled fury as he spoke to Nate who

liquid in his glass. "I went through with t

u dare play dumb with me, boy. You hu

awled while he took a slow sip of

r you to act like a damn man not a pet

glass with more force than necessary. "I agreed to the

er, Nate's best friend who was sitting by his side, said with a smirk on his face,

ook as he muttered. "

murmured in a voice that sounded impressed. "She'

gaze and looked

round the stem of her champagne glass. Despite the humiliation he had served her on a silver pla

't have bo

ome reaso

he finished his drink. "She's just as m

"And yet, you're the one w

cause just then across the r

them looked away as the

lass in his direction before she took another sip

ven as he thought, the

die sighed as she

he looked at her. "That was

y. "I have no idea what

k his head. "You always

at that. "A fire that's ab

n't argue

ast time, she knew that this marriag

going t